Security Bulletin: IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to privilege escalation (CVE-2020-4270)

Summary

IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to weak file permissions

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-4270
**DESCRIPTION:**IBM QRadar could allow a local user to gain escalated privileges due to weak file permissions.
CVSS Base score: 8.4
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/175846 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

· IBM QRadar 7.3.0 to 7.3.3 Patch 2

Remediation/Fixes

· QRadar / QRM / QVM / QNI 7.4.0 GA (SFS)
· QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.3 Patch 3 (SFS)
· QRadar / QRM / QVM / QRIF / QNI 7.3.2 Patch 7(SFS)
· QRadar Incident Forensics 7.4.0 (ISO)
· QRadar Incident Forensics 7.4.0 (SFS)

NOTE: Administrators with QRadar Incident Forensics should be aware that a new ISO and SFS file are published to IBM Fix Central for QRadar Incident Forensics 7.4.0 versions

Workarounds and Mitigations

None